New member here, Ive got a few questions. After the blizzard this past weekend and going without heat due to the power being out Ive made up my mind to install some type of alternative heat in my house.
The house is about 2500 sf, was built around 1900 and totally restored by me over the last few years.. The house had 5 chimneys that all came down during the renovation, 3 were block that had been added on over the years, 2 were for wood, one went to the basement for the old oil furnace the other 2 were the original brick chimneys that ran through the house up and out, one in the living room with an old fireplace, the other in the dining room.
Anyway Ive been thinking about installing a second form of heat for a while now and have the room for it but am back and forth between pellet or wood. I like wood, its cheap, I can cut my own and doesn't require power, the downfall is I don't have a chimney. I could build one though, which leads me to my next question. Can I build a block, brick or stone cased chimney up the side of my house without removing the new vinyl siding from behind it? The house had old cement board siding over the original wood siding and the 3 block chimneys were build right over it and strapped to the house in the middle and top, I really just don't want to have to remove all of the siding and figure out how to seal the chimney to the house, then the siding up to the chimney if I don't have too... OR I could look into a stainless steel kit, but I'm not sure how safe they are compared to a traditional chimney. Ive also thought about pellets, but then again, like this past weekend I would have been without heat, because correct me if I'm wrong they all need power to operate.
Ive been around wood stoves and fireplaces since I was a child, I really think wood is the way to go but like I said I'm not sure about the chimney and the associated costs! In the attached picture I want to install the stove in the downstairs left most room in that corner, I was thinking about building a stone cased chimney for asthetics but would be open to a stainless steel or pellet stove... Any help making up my mind would be great! Thanks, Matt
The house is about 2500 sf, was built around 1900 and totally restored by me over the last few years.. The house had 5 chimneys that all came down during the renovation, 3 were block that had been added on over the years, 2 were for wood, one went to the basement for the old oil furnace the other 2 were the original brick chimneys that ran through the house up and out, one in the living room with an old fireplace, the other in the dining room.
Anyway Ive been thinking about installing a second form of heat for a while now and have the room for it but am back and forth between pellet or wood. I like wood, its cheap, I can cut my own and doesn't require power, the downfall is I don't have a chimney. I could build one though, which leads me to my next question. Can I build a block, brick or stone cased chimney up the side of my house without removing the new vinyl siding from behind it? The house had old cement board siding over the original wood siding and the 3 block chimneys were build right over it and strapped to the house in the middle and top, I really just don't want to have to remove all of the siding and figure out how to seal the chimney to the house, then the siding up to the chimney if I don't have too... OR I could look into a stainless steel kit, but I'm not sure how safe they are compared to a traditional chimney. Ive also thought about pellets, but then again, like this past weekend I would have been without heat, because correct me if I'm wrong they all need power to operate.
Ive been around wood stoves and fireplaces since I was a child, I really think wood is the way to go but like I said I'm not sure about the chimney and the associated costs! In the attached picture I want to install the stove in the downstairs left most room in that corner, I was thinking about building a stone cased chimney for asthetics but would be open to a stainless steel or pellet stove... Any help making up my mind would be great! Thanks, Matt